Getting a kick
Colombian women farmers embrace football
Updated: 2025-09-16 10:17
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But such was the demand from their wives, sisters and cousins that a women's tournament debuted the following year.
"We can and know how to play really well," said Luz Mery Contreras, who wore the Colombian national jersey under her poncho.
The teams' names — the Smelly Ones, the Fillies, the Ticks, the Beans — are a riff on country living.
Beans captain Contreras, 39, sees the tournament as a showcase of traditional "campesino" (small-scale farmer) culture, which allows women, who she said are usually "forgotten about", to have a chance at glory.
